One of Ohio State’s weaknesses became its strength in the final minutes during a 64-60 win over Connecticut on Saturday night at Value City Arena. The game was tied at 54 with 2:40 left in the game and the Buckeyes (8-2) made 10 of their 12 free throws the rest of the way to hold off UConn (4-5). All of Ohio State’s points in the last two-plus minutes came from the charity stripe. The Buckeyes shot a season-high 34 foul shots for the game and made 26 of them (76.5 percent). They entered the game shooting 63.1 percent from the line. The Huskies only attempted nine free throws and made five of them. “We were proud of our effort, just can’t foul so much,” Connecticut head coach Kevin Ollie said after the game. “We make five free throws and they make 26 and that’s the ballgame.” Connecticut cut it…
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